Rock singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist, actor and producer Bryan Adams might be better known for aforementioned. But he’s also a photographer, and an accomplished one for that. Magazines such as Esquire and Interview published his work and he has done numerous shows at top venues such as the Saatchi Gallery in London. But there is […]
Leica again. Somehow I missed this story by Deutsche Welle published last October. The German newswire spoke to Leica Camera CEO Alfred Schopf about the company’s comeback. You learn about some of its unbelievable management mistakes in the 70s, its first digital camera and the move back to Wetzler. An interesting short read on the […]
The man needs no introduction. Says the Magnum photographer about himself, “Most of my photography career has been spent in the documentary genre, working for magazines photographing areas of conflict. In my photography most of the time I am just simply walking around with the camera, shooting life as it unfolds.” What does this Steve […]
By TIM ASHLEY I want to set out a sort of manifesto that puts some structure around what I think is good photography. To do that, I need to spend a few paragraphs holding forth about what makes my eye and brain happy in photographic imagery and why I think that a lot of contemporary […]
Digital photography gives birth to all sorts of new photography styles. Everyone’s a photographer these days as a multitude of devices and applications leads to an ever growing pool of photographic output. Is there anything left on earth that’s not yet photographed in a myriad of ways? But a photo is not just a photo […]
Digital cameras are hugely popular, but some photographers are going back to old style film. Al Jazeera‘s John Terrett reports from New York what’s behind the nostalgia. In the digital age, who would have thought the use of real film would still be thriving? After all, with a digital camera you can point and shoot […]
Took a stroll through Myanmar’s former capital Yangon. All shot with a cheap point-and-shoot, my preferred travel cam for on-the-go, the Fujifilm F series F750EXR. It’s a simple camera that doesn’t scare away people when pointing the lens at them. No post-processing, only slight contrast and vibrance adjustments where necessary. Not sure which shadow I […]
You might never have heard of Kenro Izu. Well that’s a shame because the Japanese-born naturalized American citizen who has lived in New York City for the past 40 years is known worldwide as one of the most celebrated photographers specializing in still life, a classical yet rarely-practized photography genre nowadays. Izu takes the genre […]
He can’t remember a day waking up and not feeling absolutely sick to his stomach. His own pain of existence is reflected in the great pains he takes to create fantastical worlds that are seamlessly real. He creates the perfect blurring of reality and fiction, using the actual world and actual people to try to […]
Meet Lorenzo Moscia, an Italian photographer from Rome who has lived in Chile for some years with his wife and three children. Moscia talks to THEME about his inspiring work, preferred gear and love for good old film and the epic Contax G2 with the stellar Zeiss glass (my all-time favorite combo as well). His […]
Mahathma Gandhi, world’s most familiar symbol of peace and founding father of India, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, father of street photography and the modern photo reportage, they both shared a tragic moment in history: Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the last persons to meet Gandhi while he was alive. It was a very special meeting. Cartier-Bresson […]
Not much to add. Well maybe the words of a good friend: “Although I can personally testify to the fact women too abuse men, the abuse of women by men is far more prevalent. This Cro-Magnon Man attitude toward women must stop.” See below’s powerfully rendered video message. The power of the image. That’s something […]
It’s a fashion shooting of the other kind, produced in a metropolis that’s known for being anything but ordinary. Welcome to Bangkok, seen through the lens of Thai photographer Bigs Vatcharasith whose recent shooting for local 2magazine does away with several prerequisites considered essential, such as: you don’t need an extravagant studio setup to shoot […]
He’s larger than life, Magnum photographer René Burri, mainly remembered for his one portrait of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. Below’s an interesting video by The Economist discussing Burri’s career and some of his most iconic work. An acclaimed photographer is not determined by his gear, that’s Burri’s bottom line. You can’t do without the main […]
It’s fairly easy to become fascinated with Brad Elterman‘s classic rock imagery from the 70s and 80s. Brad has seen and shot them all — The Beatles, Blondie, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, you name them. And he’s not presenting the perfect depiction of idols. His unusual perspective comes from the fact that he was a […]
It’s a tough world out there. Especially in the world of stock photography. That calls for innovation. Feast is such a child of competition and trade rivalry. An ingenious child, created by stock photography market leader iStockphoto. But what the heck is Feast? That’s not so easy. It’s photography, basically, but a challenge to one’s […]
I’m not saying your own photos aren’t your desktop’s nicest wallpaperas. But what if you want to enjoy a daily surprise of artistic and photographic visual awesomeness instead. That’s exactly what Kuvva is all about. It’s a source for beautiful wallpapers. Specially curated for your desktop from some of the world’s leading photographers, designers and […]
Acclaimed German photographer Frank Rothe has worked for Amica Italy, Stern, Die Zeit, Marie Claire U.S., Esquire, Playboy and many others. Rothe’s new portfolio work “No More Angels” has been shot over a year in Los Angeles — see the video version below, best in full screen version. No More Angels visualizes the demise of […]
It will be like the circus coming to town. The negatives are so large they have to take them to a window for inspection: Meet Dennis Manarchy, a digital photography anarchist as his name seems to suggest. Ever smaller cameras are all the rage, the classic DSLR with mirror and prism looks like a dinosaur […]
